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Jun 5, 2018

A Water Quality Partnership to Deliver Sustainability Benefits on the Farm

Frank Dohleman

Advances in modern agriculture have enabled a dramatic increase in crop yields and consequently, more security in the supply of food, feed, fuel and fiber to support a growing and more affluent global population. Many have asked if this improvement in yield has been at cost to the environment - a question I’ve been passionate about solving.

There has been tremendous progress and more can be done! We are excited to announce a partnership we are building with Monsanto and Iowa State University to quantify the impacts of modern agriculture practices on water quality outcomes. Through this collaboration we aim to determine management practices and advanced germplasm technologies that can both support the farmer’s bottom line and improve water quality in the most productive cropland on the planet.

Fig 1 - Improvements in Nitrogen Use Efficiency in corn in the US from 1975-2017. *Sources: USDA-NASS, USDA-ERS Does not include manure application

Frank G. Dohleman, Ph.D., The Climate CorporationFrank Dohleman is the External Stakeholder Lead for The Climate Corporation Science Team, where his primary responsibilities include the strategic development and execution of academic and institutional partnerships. He previously worked as an Applied Plant Physiologist and as the Crop Physiology Lead at Monsanto. Frank received his Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and maintains active engagement in the academic community.

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